⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luther Head lost ball
Q4 0:48 · HOU 70-77 UTAH
- Turnover
Stephen Graham lost ball
Q4 0:21 · HOU 72-79 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:07 · HOU 28-28 UTAH
- Steal
Milt Palacio stole it from Luther Head
Q4 0:48 · HOU 70-77 UTAH
- Steal
Andrei Kirilenko stole it from Stephen Graham
Q4 0:21 · HOU 72-79 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:45 · HOU 70-77 UTAH
- Missed FT
Devin Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:45 · HOU 70-77 UTAH
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · HOU 72-80 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
